Sensory loss and brain reorganization;Perte sensorielle et réorganisation cérébrale

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 917-922

  Fortin, Madeleine ^a   Voss, Patrice ^a   Lassonde, Maryse ^a   Lepore, Franco ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 36549011788     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20072311917     Document Type: Review

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